The Sun. — London, England, 1818-07-03 00:00:00

.11", WbsT MINSTER ELECTION. THIRTEENTH DAY. At the close of the Poll yesterday the entire numbers of those ‘vho have already voted were an nounced in the ordinary form. They stood thus : Sir Suntiel Rornilly ....4789 1 sir Murray Maxi...Tn....On Sir Franc, nurdeit —.4643 1 Mr. Hunt Mr. HUNT. several attempts, again suc ceeded io asserting his priosi,y in the order of addressieg the crowd assembled before the hust ings. As be met with much interruption, he he won by observing, that he trusted they had dined. He had himself taken that precaution, and was in - no basic. He understood that Sir Francis Bur dett Iran that (ley gained 84 votes more than Sir 11. :11ax well, but he was still considerably below (I.w famous Whig, Sir Samuel Romilly. The Bartseet's Itiends had often told them, that tin y would tin nothing unless they placed him at the head of the Poll. They had as yet then done nothiog, and were hut at the commencement of their work .—(Laughter, and cries of " Off, off.") This struggle had been a neck and neck race, and he expected that on Saturday it would he nose and nose.—(Cries of " Never mind that, Hunt, Tots are distanced.") There were thousands of Electors yet unpolled, and the Election was yet any body's.—(:l cry of " Except your own.") — He believed that was true, and that he must ex cept his own case.—(Langhtei.)—But they would recollect that in Sodom and Gomorrah there were found but two honest men fit to save the s„„,,;now e„, co .,nt s now , that in Wpstmiwitcr there were 81.—(Loud laughter.)—He was as proud of his 81 unsolicited suffrages as others -could be with all the numbers they had been at so much pains to a3Setllble ; and it would be a curious thing if in the result it should appear that the second votes of his plumpers would have been decisive of the success of the other Candi dates. As Mr. Walker had yest(rday recom mended to them the study of Mr. Cobbett's writ isies, he would now acquaint them with the man ner in which Mr. Cobbett had beers treated by Sir Francis Burdett, Major Cartwright, and Mr. Walker. A meeting had been called by Mr. Bryant of the non-resident Electors of Coventry, in order to propose Mr. Cohbett as a Candidate for that City. lie was a friend of Mr. Cobbett as well as that Gentleman.—(Hete there was a cry of You are noise the better for that.") — Mr. Bryant wrote so Sir Francis Burdett, Major Cartwright, and Mr. Walker, to learn whether they were willing to subscribe towards the ex reuses of the Election. The two latter sent no answer, brit he had been told that the reading of Sir Francis Burdett's would he of service to his ciose.—(Here the clamour increased, and Mr. Hunt was asked whether it was an original, or a copy ?)—The letter of Sir Francis, which he had copied himself from the original addressed to Mr. Bryant, was as follows : St. Jame , 's Place, .June 14. gsrt,--4 am sorry that a fit of the gout should have so long reventesi my returning an answer to your 14-tt er, and 1 ant sorry at the same tune to state that I cannot, as am honest man, support Mr. tobbett. Your humble servant, I'. litiliDETT. —Sic F. Burdett had sobsequently sent 20 gui neas to a subscription in favour of another per son, in whose• support Major Cartwright and Mr. Walker also excited themselves. He should now produce to them the Red book, and read to them sin account of a tew sinecures as they existed in the Court of Chancery, and none of which had Sir S. Romilly or Sir F. Borden attempted to aholi•ti. After revding the Red-hook for some time, Mr. H. concluded with advising the people to consider tilose only as their friends who sought to have the tonnetons evils removed of which that book was the record. Mr. ELLt3 was willing to accept the suggestion of a gentleman near him, anti atinotioce to them frankly, that the state of Sir M. MdXWell'S health was that day bettur, and the state of the poll con siderably worse.—lie was glad to see a spirit of greater pleasantry and good humour prevailing than had always marked the progress of the Elec tion The contest had been severe, and he hoped it worthd be concluded without asperity.—(Ap phuie.)—Whotnsoever they should finally peter tar their Representatives, he trusted also that they would discharge their duty well, and take a pride in the Irontr conferred ilium them.—(Ap plause.)—lie wished to say a few words on the reasons that induced Sir M. Maxwell to come forward, lie had been solicited to do so; Mid it, in accepting the offer of support which had been made to him, he had overrated his own qualificatisms, if they should reprove him for a want of diffidence, let them give him credit at least for conscious integrity.—(Applause.)—lf they looked tor a man equal to Sir Francis Bilr tiett I, K i.hotee talents or Parliamentary expe rience, they must look tar enough.—(Applause.) But he could assure them of his own loowledge, uhet the subject of impressing seamen was one on which he had long felt an anxiety to see some le gislative alteration, and had always acted con formably to those ideas in the discipline of his his mode of recruiting their numbers. Air. StruncH said, that as he predicted, be had the pleasing task of congratulating them on the inspimed state of the poll ; not withstanding all the arts wnir h had been put in practice against them, they were still going on in a steady pace 10 a final triumph. " I have no personal enmity to Capt. Maxwell," slid Mr. S ; " bat against the miser able dolts who sent hint here on so miserable an emtand. Ile may be, and 1 believe he is, a very good kiwi of wan, and has done his duty in that state of life to which he was brought up. I be lieve he lust his ship because he could not help it ; sod it he loses this election, which be no doubt will, it will be because he can't help it. 1 can't think why they sent him there 1 It could not be because they thoright him fit for nothing else but to do their dirty work. It puts me in mind of a young gentlemln in Hampshire, the son of a large landed proprietor, whom I knew very well, who was liberally educated with a view to being brought op to the bar. It was soon found out, however, that lie was of too ardent a turn for the I,isv, and a commission in the army Was bought for him. it was then discovered that he was oat likely to become a hero, and his profession was ageda changed, and a pulpit found for him with iVtter success. At last, atter a I ain;ly cußstd. tation, it :.aft determined to make him a Member t VArli4mcor, and A rotteo bormigh itt the t le of Wight cv3s bought for him. In this situidion he remained, not representing the people, tor he had none to represent, but servilely voting as the Minister directed him, till the Act p a ssed w hi c h excluded Cl. rgymen from sitting in the House of Commons I should like' vei y much to do some thing to serve the gallant Captain, and should be very vlad .f he rouli! be made au Admiral, or get a patent for his nondescript invention, or any th , ng else, ttt short, so as he is not made a repre sentative for Westminsier." Mr. Ititueß congratulated the crowd on the success of the friends of Sir F. Burdett, notwith standing they had had to encounter the opposition of the Government, and all their adherents, anti, in addition to that, the hnstility ot the ladies, who on this occasion had hogotten the gentleness of their natures, and had endeavoured to compel all ! who were under their influence to vote for Sir M. Maxwell. lie denied that the gallant Captain had any pretensions to represent Westmioster. Lord Cameltord had once had an intention of getting his black servant returned to Parliament. Could Ministers succeed in their designs, they would have it in their power to send Castles, Oliver, or any other spy into Parliament.— (" They would then bring Hunt in," said one in the crowd, and a burst of laughter followed.) — He denied that he was opposed to Sir S. Ito tidily. lie, however, stood there for S,r F. Burdett alone.; but for the other popular Can didate he had so much respect that lie hoped lie would get in. Having stated this, lie could not bring • Itiniselt to reply to the little censures, paltry ridicule, or vapid sarcasms, that might fall from the followers or the underlings of Sir Samuel Rout ily. He replied to the attacks which had been made on him in some of the neaspapers, tor what he had stated on a former day, and de fended the right of resistance on the part of the subject, the exercise of which right had procured the signing of Magna Charta, had led Charles the first to a sca 4 lold—drove James the second front his l'hrone—given tie Crown to William and Mary—and obtained the Bill of Rights, and all the privileges of which Englistnen were accus tomed to boast. To spew the effect of despotic power on the human mind he would tell them what he had witnessed at Aleppo. The Paella having besieged and taken a town, wished to in fuse tear anti respect, by some vigorous exer tion of power, into the inhabitants. lie accord ingly passed into the town incog., attended by a number of executioners, and advancing to a butcher's shop, i , apiired the price of what he had to sell. This not being conformable to the regulations he proposed to introduce, lie made a sign to those near him, and otf went the mairs head. He acted the same part by a baker ; mud, in short, eight or nice, if not ten or twelve per sons, fell victims to his cruelty. NO w for the moral ef this tale. :Ile pernle (such was the ef fect of despotism on the human mind,) instead of bursting with indignation and fury, as ought have been e.pected, described the Paella to be a man who could act with vigour, and who knew how to govern them. The present Ministers would wish from their cruelty to be thought most fit to. govern Englishmen. lie called upon the Electors to place Sir F. Burdett at the head of the That would be a victory more glorious than either of the triumphs at Waterloo or Trafal gar—as it would be the victory of liberty and principle over tyranny and corruption. Mr Wtsnaalt returned thanks for Sir S. Ro milly, and expressed satisfaction at the manner in which the friends of Sir F. Burdett had come for ward this day, and should rejoice to-morrow it they placed him at the head of the poll. He might jnstly be accused of bad taste, if he were to take upon himself to answer the absurdity and calumny which Mr. Hunt was it, the habit of pouring forth against Sir S. Romilly. Hr should not enumerate all the votes of Sir Saltine' on various important occasions, as it Was sufficient for hint to seminal them of the strenuous opposition which he had made to the Vice-Chancellor's Bill, and of the vote he had given against sinecure ',Faces. The conduct of Mr. Hunt he could only ascribe to in sanity. Alluding to what hod fallen from Mr. Brace, he desired to know who he meant to call the " underling" of Sir S. Romilly Mr. BRUCE said he did not Itirail so to call Mt. Wishart. Mr. \Visit MIT denied that he was the underling of Sir Samoel Romilly. or of any man, and was gl id Mr. Bruce had said the expression was not levelled at him. He finished by entreating the Electors to make new efforts in the cause of liberty and ind , pei4q,ence• Mr. WALKER noticed some of the remarks which had fallen from Mr. Hunt, and assured the ermsd he did not believe him to be >a spy %rho was pkying the game of the Governundut. He then proceeded to exploit] the circumstances under which he had favoured the attempt of Mr. Wooler's friends to get that person returned for Coventry. Jones spoke a few words. '1 hey were of a most inflammatory nature, He condemned the mild ness of Mr. Bruce's language, and openly pro fessed himself the advocate of revolution. It is clear that he courts arrest and imprisonment, and feels anxious to share in the honours Of ‘Vation, Thistlewood, and the two cobblers, Preston and Hooper.—The business at the Hustings than terminated. MAYOR'S couRT, Jc7Lr POST-OFFICE COMPEt4SATIoN ACT. A special Jury was empanelled to assess (lit• triages under the Post-Otlicc Act, the 55th of George 111. The claimants were Messrs. Stephens,mnbrella makers, of Nos. 64 and 65, Newgate-street. The claim was 6,`2321. 9s. 4(1. being the amount esti mated by the plaiotitis of injury sustained from loss of trade and inconveniences resulting front removal in compliance w ith the act. Witnesses were called to prove that the plain tiffs had suffered by the retuoval. It appeared, that they had carried on a 11104 t extensive busi „e3, i t , t h e prem i s es which it became necessary to level, and that the neighbourhood of St. Martin's . le•Grand, to which they had removed, was by no means h 4) well Adllpted to the trade. The Jury found a verdict for the elaimanr, '2,f,t121 10,. ♦iz. 5521. 10s. tur die le.hse, for leis of trade, &c. r.~~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COUR(' Of' t;n7l. - NCERY, .IULY T. M7lSitS. BKi►ADWOOI ) AND LAwRRNCF IN THE MAT TER OF 2. STAMP SVTTLE COOKY., A BANKRUPT. Sir S. itomiLLY stared that ibis was the petition of Nlessts. Broad wood . , the well-known piano-forte makers, and Mr. Lawrence, keeper of an exten sive hotel in the Strand, praying that the Bank rupt's certificate might be stayed, and the Com mission of Bankruptcy issued against hint he su perseded, under the following circumstances : The bankrupt applied to Messrs. Broad wood for a pia , m-torte, and gave them a icference to a Mr. Bicknell, who, being applied to, stated the bankrupt was a vet y respectable individual. This character, in addition to his own statement of his living as a gentleman of fortune in Orcharn-street, induced them to give him a piano-torte at '65 guineas, for which he promised to pay them in a short time. They soon after heard that the piano forte was with a 'pawnbroker fur 351. The bank rupt afterwards took chambers in the Temple, stating, that he had a suit in Chancery, and had also to attend his brother's claims to the Stafford Peerage, which were then under the consideration of the House of Peers. Mr. LAWECtiet furnished hint with expensive dinners and wines, at his chambers, to the amount of 201., and soon after sent his bill, on which tha bankrupt said, lie had money in the Funds, but that as the hooks were closed, he would, the moment they were opened, pay him, and till then he hoped he would con tinue to furnish him as usual, This Mr. L. did, till the bill amounted to 40/ , but on the hooks being opened, it was tonnd he hail no stock, and that he had quitted his chambers. Nothing was heard of hint for sonic time, till in February last, when his name was in the Gazette as, a bankrupt, and described as a eheesemonger io Golden-lane. Ott inquiry, it was found that this shop had never beets opened, that there were not even scales and weights iu it ; for that whenever , he sold any thing, he sent it over to a butcher's t o be weighed. The petitioning creditor (Mr.Otsen) was a clerk to a Barrister. The other creditors were only eight in number, and Owen's debt was 1021. Actions bad been brought by Messrs. Broadwood and Lawrence, and vet diets had con sequently been obtained. There was certainly no ttading licie which could be called such, with the exception of this trifling butter and cheese con cern ; and he hoped, therefore, the prayer of the petition would be granted. Mr.MoNrachs, in a humprous and able speech, on the sante side, said, time bankrupt had obtained goods as a student of law. Mr. CuLLKN—IIow does that appear ? The LORD CHANCELLOR--I suppose you mean, Mr. Montague, Lie was a student of the Bankrupt Laws. Mr. MoNTAGue continued—This student of the bankrupt laws tyro a bankrupt before, as a wine merchant, and took afterwards the benefit of the Insolvent Act. His Lordship rem:mbered, per haps, a farce, written by Mr. Foote, called "The Bankrupt," where he shewed that the best way for a man to be freed from his debts was to have the Lord Chancellor's receipt in his pocket. There the debtor described himself as a dealer, and be ing asked by the attorney if he never dealt cards, he replied he did, and was therefore a trader. Here the same was the case, for this student, by selling a few pounds of butter and cheese in an ob scure corner, wishes to be thought a trader. In his affidavit he said he intended to commence keeping a cook's shop in Golden-lane, but finding that he might not perhaps sell as much ham and beef as world support him, he became cheese monger. His stock consisted of 291bs. of butter and two cheeses, for which he paid ready money. His ptofits were only 3/. and the landlord of the shop gave hint 41b. to get rid of him. The Learned Catinsel concluded by a humorous cont inent on this case, which spoke for itself. Mr. Dow DESWELL, Counsel for the petitioning creditor, denied that there wits any collusion be tween his client and the bankrupt. The Lout► CHANCELLOR said, though the trad ing began on the 17th of November and ended soon after, the bankrupt had several adjourned meetings of the Commissioners before he could recollect all the transactions of his trade. He (!id not like the whole case. Mr. DownEswELL said, that Owen had found Out that the b,toktupt was entitled to 2,000 L. in right of his wife. Mr. CULLEN, for the bankrupt, contended the petitioners had no right to come at all before the Court. Sir S. ItoNtILLY, in reply, contended the whole was n mere design for the purpose Of obtaining u certificate and the commission, for the shutters were never taken down. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in a long speech, was of the same opinion, decidedly expressing his disapprobation of the commission, which he therefore now superseded, and refused the certi ficate. lie should allow Mr. Owen an upporin. pity of making any affidavits he could see proper to wake. The cue excited much mirth in the Court, which was vci v crowded. CONTEMPT OF COURT. ANN WADE, now BASELKY, U BASKLEY and ()TUBBS Sir A. PicoTT said, he held in his hand a peti tion which he had to request of his Lordship to answer for to-morrow. It was the petition of Mr. Baseley, praying that he might be liberated trout the c tody of the Warden of the Fleet Pri son, on his undertaking to execute the marriage eel tiv men t s as approved of by the Colo t. His client could have no motive in not executing them ; but it would take some time before the deeds were ready for execution, and ke w. s anxi ous to repin his liberty atter his long imprison ment. Tile Lotto CHANCELLOR—" It is not to be aniweretl until to-morrow you may mention it then.'' VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, JULY s. orti:Hk-litiC3ll.—TAYLoft ‘VATEIts. Sir S. RUM ILLY said, before any other [notion proceeded, he wished to know it Mr. Hart had received any tut tber instructions. Ili. 11 AKT said, he bad not heard any thing on the subject since he left the Court ye,t(•rday. bit S. Hommor then vated opinion, that the ti,S39l. out kill iocuulbrance should 1)4: paid into Court. It would be r,eollected that die order of the Lord Chancellor for the r+Y rn i ' : of the purchase-money had excepted otilY cum he brances. T VICE-CHANCELLOR felt, that in eici n g opinion on the exceplion4, he Acted tinder thi, order of the Lord Chancellor, and th erefore fee, lug convinced that this was not an incnnibrtioce: O t t* iln,7lloh/m paidl sis . . T fl t . o o t C ourt , rail s a n i :e d n H ' s (b) e° , arid)tv the expellees of management. The sole (Pe sti° was, as to time of payment. Mr. HALT suggested it would he soon e11r'"4,,,t to do so on the fi rst day of next Term . tie did 1, see what pretence there was f or any hurry ing so sooner. 4 , 0 0 Sir S. LtomiLLY said, he had very good gic)o4 for wishing it to he paid in witholt delaY',ted was about to state thc,e, when he was interrol:- by the VICR•CAN'CRLLOII, who ordered the mor'eT i° to H be paid into Court within one 4110011, and till"ij 'he wished no more stated. It WAS mon-01-00 a t ask for socb a long period, as to the first 411 1 next term.—Here the case ended. SIR JAMES TILNEY LONG V. Mr. SPRAINGER said, this was is tood` n i o some securities being lodged io the Ise{ hands, and for the payment of the interest Do , - / i0 securities to Mr. Wellesley Long, husband of ""„, Loug. The securities were on the Pe gl- 4 nal property of Sir James, and leer 68 0 1 c been paid out of the real estate. The ainDa 4l( the interest was little more than 1001. o yen 19 • he hoped that the order be moed for - v Ut made in the interim. 1;0 The Vica-Cuastcv.l.Lon—Let the sec arite : lodged in the Master's Office, and the paid to Mr. Wellesley, till the further ofd' the Court. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jul./ 4. I.vaolon, before :11r. tive -4• 213°. " . CURREY AND OTHERS V. WILLAI" The plaintiffs, who reside near Thirsk, shire, brought the present action to recover 7 , l' i , the defendant, proprietor of the ciwgo ° ; - ; s 1 1 - the sum of 20W., bring the value of A V4fc:bsid trusted to his servants, arid for which tl' e l l oc ra • never accounted. The short facts pli' vet ' the foilw.ving :—The plaintiff's being dcs ir°(li r t g• sending 2001. to London, addressed to M es :,,,tl Smith, of Bow-lane, went to Messrs. liri rt° ,:ne• Co. the bankers at Ripon. On making a la mtoll cessary deposit, a Mr. Robinson, clerk to and Co., put up in a parcel 1601. in o" e and 401. in two pound Bank of England t He addressed them as directed by tine r o ter and carried them to Mr. Farrar, the p ost ' lli due , at Ripon, stating that it was a packet " r pit' it and requesting that he would send hi; b o y 010' to Borough-bridge, that it might go by ti : c ,t th ° gow snail, parcels for which were " - book but Crown Inn. Farrar agreed to send 11i' b refused to be answerable for the safety o r t " - cel ; Robinson answered, that that wig:tdY' matter of doubt ; and the boy, named 'l i r% 0 took it accordingly to Stott's, the Cro wn k j illg' Boroughbridge, where he paid 2d. fo r b° ear' and 2s. 6d. for the carriage' The pac kjg c ler it rived in London, but was there stolen by :- of the defendant, at whose lodgings th e elj was found, iag or e i These particulars were proved bV Lb -11 , 1 t at - Farrar, and the boy Sturdy, called on the i ll the plaintiffs. opo t, Mr. SCARLETT, who was for the d ef i a tlo ° t cross-examined them, as to their know le ke ° t' a notice was posted in the coach'°„l,l Boroughbridge, that the proprietors `e, ° , - 0 t hen , be responsible for any parcels delivere r) ',corg; care above the value of 51. unless insrtred I l e s o f ingly. Robinson admitted that be lord "; 0' 1 " the existence of such a notice in general' tical',(l us applied to the Glasgow mail in Pls,aol7; Farrar was not acquainted with it; 011 " rtl g i the boy, swore that he had seen to/tie ban,i9 office, though it was admitted on an d o it was pasted against the wall in large cite pot'` lie had never said that he had seen such floc but he had observed it since the loss of in question. Jor'; Mr. SCARLETT, in his address "" o e e- argued, that it was to be presumed th at the er,ittri of the plaintiffs were acquainted with tbeforce° ence of the notice. The object of sendingooigei like this by coaches was to avoid heavY i e $' which was charged upon' every single rll O , o 9e° it parties, for therisk, sake of saviwv a liw e chose to run the they must'abide by t° 44 d, serptences. n bse ja i Mr. Justice ABsorT, in summing oP. that the object of these notices by cor::; :, ro do away with their common law i ' Ah "tve r 1,0 they would still be responsible, Ati' less - to - shown that th e notice bad conic bonne (e knowledge of the party transin irrin , ill ti o Jury found that that knowledge ex.l:ich present case, either in the plai n tiffs, ": not contended, or in the agents they 11 0 ' eft to take the parcel to the coach-offie" would find a verdict for the defendant. clo il $ The Jury deliberated for some tim, r e ' length returned a verdict for the BLACKSTONE v. LANDYLL• re bal ( l 4 , An action for an assault : the parties 135010eitle men, and it appeared that they had h '" l , A ft pine respecting the mooring of so ft ie -I , o g 111' ; plaintiff is an old and the defendant r i r 10 0- 0 and the assault was violent, the forn“.,, 0, of been thrown with violence to the " t i t zo rec• „,r) empty barge, and there heater) by th e l.l T o rr i ii On the part of the defen dan 51 t, , called two witnesses, who swore that t. i had called the defendant a Scotch ratieti..ii,eolt; s io PT, and had held np his fist in a thre a t sf el' ever , c ner : on their cross-examinatio n, li° jetedl.l witnesaes admitted that before the loo ds struck, the old man had drOpped his tit' s remained quiet. , that as Mr. Jost ice ABBOTT recommenden , otage s, ilf w a s obviously not a case for heavy dia tdtn t n defendant should co sent to give moderate sum as a compeosation• The counsel on both sides agreed ' 1 1 ) t.oNfroN: ►Prio,ttd 1 1 .1. 11. cAftSTAtit , ' 4 .11; Ormorol,trret. 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